What is the CPSIA?

Due to the complexity of the CPSIA, many people are still wondering which parts of the testing and certification, if any, apply to them.
The Handmade Toy Alliance has therefore pulled together the flow chart below in order to provide businesses with straightforward information on what does or does not have to be tested under the [...]

Here is a collection of links where you can see a wide variety of tracking label solutions.

Yes, any maker (small or large) of cloth diapers must comply with CPSIA. The required testing under the law, however, will depend both on the type of diapers you make as well as the CPSC’s final definition of a “child care article.”
Natural or synthetic textiles are now exempt from lead testing, therefore the parts of [...]

This is a controversial question in regard to libraries. Section 102 of the CPSIA says that 3rd party testing for lead is required of products for children 12 years and younger which are imported, warehoused, and distributed in commerce. The word commerce refers to the trade or exchange of goods or services.
The recent final lead [...]

Yarn, both natural and synthetic, is on the CPSC’s list of materials exempt from both third party lead testing and phthalate testing.  So any knitted or crocheted product that is made entirely of yarn does not require any third party testing.
However, if you add a button, zipper, or any other part not made of yarn, [...]

Some books contain a printing date either in the front or back of the book. Sometimes there is a date on the dust jacket. Generally speaking, books have not been required to include this information and it has not always been included.
Now that children’s books are required to have a tracking label, new books printed [...]